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Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Ceramics, London, 1928 Book. Fair. Soft cover. 3rd Edition. English text; Paperback; 18.8 x 25 cm; 1.087 Kg; 226 pages plus 96 pages with black and white illustrations. Used with signs of wear. The spine is quite worn, namely on the top, however the binding is still firm. The title on the spine is faded. Edgeworn. The outside text block shows some yellowing. The interior is in very good condition, apart from a previous owner sticker glued on the front free endpaper. Good readable copy.; Catalogue from the collection of porcelain by Charles Schreiber presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum.; The original catalogue of the English porcelain, earthenware, enamels, etc., collected by Charles Schreiber, Esq., M.P., and Lady Charlotte Schreiber, and presented by them to the Victoria and Albert Museum was published in 1885. The first volume of a revised catalogue of the porcelain was issued in 1915. In this edition of this volume alterations in attribution have… Read More

Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge (Massachusetts), 2004 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23.5 x 16 cm; 0.7 kg; 317 pages with a few colour illustrations.; Used book with almost no signs of wear. As new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Harvard East Asian Monographs, 232.; Since the inception of the noh drama six centuries ago, actors have resisted the notion that noh rests on natural talent alone. Correct performance, they claim, demands adherence to "traditions". Yet what constitutes noh's traditions and who can claim authority over them have been in dispute throughout noh's history. This book traces how definitions of noh, both as an art and a profession, have changed over time. The author seeks to show that the definition of noh as an art is inseparable from its definition as a profession. Accordingly he analyzes the mechanisms and the agents who have determined what noh meant both as an art and as a… Read More

The Oriental Ceramic Society in association with Sotheby Publications, 1984 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth) with dust jacket; 22.2 x 29 cm; 0.716 Kg; 112 pages with some colour illustrations and various black-and-white illustrations; Used book with signs of shelf wear in the dust jacket; the dust jacket is slightly faded. The interior is in very good condition. Protected with a clearcover.; Includes the following articles: Eccentric Bronzes of the Early Western Zhou by Jessica Rawson; A New Image in Chinese Buddhist Sculpture of the Tenth to Thirteenth Century by Derek Gillman; Genji meets Yang Guifey: a group of Japanese export lacquers by Joe Earle; and Chinese Porcelain of the Sultans in Istanbul: The Forth Hills Gold Metal Lecture by John Ayers..

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 16.4 x 23.8 cm; 1.015 Kg; 325 pages with 226 illustrations, 24 in colour.; Eleventh printing. Used book with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket has a minor tear on the bottom of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the slipcase.; In recent years a number of books have appeared in Western languages on the fascinating miniature sculptures of Japan called netsuke. Oddly enough, all these have been written by Occidentals, most of whom have drawn heavily - with varying degrees of accuracy - upon the research of Japanese experts. High time it is, then, that the leading Japanese authority, Ueda Reikichi, be allowed to speak for himself. Ever since its Japanese publication in 1943, his 'Netsuke no Kenkyu' has been recognized as a definite work in… Read More

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, 1986 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 24.5 cm; 1.1 kg; 371 pages with a few black and white illustrations.; Used book with minor signs of wear. Interior as new. Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket which is now protected with a clearcover.; Samurai and Silk is a rare treasure: a book of penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to its worldwide prestige in the twentieth century. Only Haru Reischaeuer could have written this extraordinary account of ther two illustrious grandfathers; one, a provincial samurai who became a founding father of the Meiji government; the other, scion of a wealthy and enterprising peasant family who almost singlehandedly developed the silk trade with America. Their remarkable stories, and those of their notable descendants, form a saga of unbounded vision… Read More

Unban Council, Hong Kong, 1992 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text.; Hardcover (silk cloth without dust jacket - as issued. Two volumes in slipcase.); 28 x 37 cm x 6.5 cm; 5.4 Kg; Volume I, 412 pages with colours illustrations and a few fold outs, including text by Christina Chu, and Painting and Callygraphy images; Volume II, 122 pages with the catalogue entries, each with a caption in English and Chinese.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the exterior of the slipcase, which is faded on the top and bottom of the front. The hardcover volumes have minor signs of wear. Interior as new. Both volumes include a stamp stating "Complementary" on the rear of the front cover.; "In view of Hong Kong's geographical and cultural affinity to the Guangdong province, more works of art of Guandgond origin are available here for acquisition than those of other provinces. As a result, the Museum has succeeded in building up one of the most representative collections of… Read More

Kodansha International Ltd, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco, 1982 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued. In splicase.); 175 pages with colour and black-and-white illustrations throughout.; 27 x 38 cm; 3 kg; Used book in good condition with minor scuffs and signs of wear in the slipcase and hardcover cloth. The spine is slightly faded as usual. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear.; This volume was originally published by Kodansha as part of a limited deluxe 12 volume set in 1974, this critically acclaimed and now scarce masterpiece has been issued in a standard edition with no compromise in the quality of scholarship or production, handsomely cloth-bound with an attractive slipcase.; "The Museum Pusat (formerly the Museum Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootshap van Kunsten en Welenschappen), situated at Jakarta, has an extremely extensive and valuable series of collections concerning Indonesia. One of the most famous of these is the… Read More

Bamboo Publishing Ltd, London, 1989 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 25 x 31.5 cm, 1.860 Kg; 256 pages with 298 colour and black and white plates, maps and drawings, bibliography and index. Foreword by Dr. Christian J.A. Jorg, Groninger Museum.; Used book in good condition with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; When two captured portuguese merchantmen were brought to The Netherlands in the early seventeenth century, their cargoes of Chinese porcelain were enthusiastically received by the Dutch. These plates, dishes and bowls, decorated in blue and white ground, were named 'Kraak Porcelain', a name which has long since been associated with a particular type of Chinese export porcelain, not only by the Dutch but also by other countries. Despite the enduring and widespread appeal of Oriental ceramics in The Netherlands and elsewhere, no scholar has yet concentrated exclusively on the topic of Kraak porcelain,… Read More

Bloombury Academic, London and New York, 2013 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback.; 13.5 x 21.6 cm; 0.26 Kg; 192 pages with a few black and white illustrations.; First published in 2012 by Bristol Classical Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic. Reprinted by Bloomsbury Academic 2013.; Vessels of Influence, while examining in depth the role of Chinese ceramics in Japan, also delves into the meaning, motivation for, and rapid development of Japanese porcelain from many angles, including archaeology, heirloom and documentary evidence. The political and fiscal advantage that one lord found for his domain in creating its own local 'china' is placed in the context of the domestic and international market economy. Through an examination of the role of Chinese products and that of a domesticated 'china' in Japan, a fuller picture of Japan's rich material culture emerges, revealing complex interactions between government, taste-makers, traders, merchants,… Read More